TAF 4-2-4 was introduced about 1970 and was developed by someone in Guernsey I believe.

The pitch had zones marked on it, in a 4-2-4 formation. The idea was to retain possesion of the ball by passing it into a zone in which you had a player. If the ball came to rest outside a zone, then possesion was lost, if the ball was on the edge of a zone then a tackle could take place, the result of which was determined by rolling a dice.

Players were picked up and moved around the pitch and the ball was played by simply hitting it with the base of the player, using the angled edge to lift the ball when required.

It's a good game, more tactical than Subbuteo and with less of the immediate thrills and spills that Subbuteo offered. Also it never had the marketing backing of some of the more established games.

TAF 4-2-4 was introduced about 1970 and was developed by someone in Guernsey I believe.

The pitch had zones marked on it, in a 4-2-4 formation. The idea was to retain possesion of the ball by passing it into a zone in which you had a player. If the ball came to rest outside a zone, then possesion was lost, if the ball was on the edge of a zone then a tackle could take place, the result of which was determined by rolling a dice.

Players were picked up and moved around the pitch and the ball was played by simply hitting it with the base of the player, using the angled edge to lift the ball when required.

It's a good game, more tactical than Subbuteo and with less of the immediate thrills and spills that Subbuteo offered. Also it never had the marketing backing of some of the more established games.

TAF 4-2-4 was later marketed as Grand Slam and then Premier League.

Kinda like how I play the game, guys I putt-to-pass instead of flick-to-kick

How about them transparent dangling carrots
How about that ever elusive kudo

TAF 4-2-4 was introduced about 1970 and was developed by someone in Guernsey I believe.

The pitch had zones marked on it, in a 4-2-4 formation. The idea was to retain possesion of the ball by passing it into a zone in which you had a player. If the ball came to rest outside a zone, then possesion was lost, if the ball was on the edge of a zone then a tackle could take place, the result of which was determined by rolling a dice.

Players were picked up and moved around the pitch and the ball was played by simply hitting it with the base of the player, using the angled edge to lift the ball when required.

It's a good game, more tactical than Subbuteo and with less of the immediate thrills and spills that Subbuteo offered. Also it never had the marketing backing of some of the more established games.

TAF 4-2-4 was later marketed as Grand Slam and then Premier League.

Kinda like how I play the game, guys I putt-to-pass instead of flick-to-kick

Well you can stop with that bollox straight away Vik...Get flicking...I want a proper game when i come visiting

Don't worry about chipping mate. When shooting it comes in handy, but the rest of the time it is fruitless as you are not going to keep the ball on the pitch.
Think as Peter Adolph intended the game to be played. A mixture of Chess & snooker. Think angles, bringing other players into position, practice blocking flicks...it's all good mate.

Ian, this morning by some marvellous coincidence I met with the Captain of the shipping company I deal with. He saw the ref. 079 HW figure on my desk and we were talking about Subbuteo for the rest of the meeting He is from East Anglia, and says he was obsessed with the game when he was a kid. His name is Richard Eacott just in case it rings a bell with anyone here... Long shot, I know

He is interested in having a look at my collection so will see him again when he gets back from Norway, which will be in about two or three months time. He says he's keen for a game, so I told him I'll get the pitch mounted on a board and ready for a game

Captain wants to play with HW's though so I'm going to have to find a team I can afford to have him flick about with. He was amazed how the game had developed, and says he lost interest when the Zombies were introduced and didn't have time to have a go with the LW's.

And I was just wondering this morning about finding someone to play the game with... How's that for fate?! Someone up there heard my wish

Now I must try wishing for Katrina Kaif to call me and see what happens

How about them transparent dangling carrots
How about that ever elusive kudo

tbh condition is only useful if you're selling the thing
if you are ok with it as it is then condition dosen't matter that much
some really rare things you have to take what you can find, if in poor condition so be it.

TBH mate I'm totally anal - I can't sell, give or throw anything away...it's a curse. Nothing I have has any sell on value as I am incapable of selling it. What kills me most is that my kids will probably just skip the lot. I am a broken individual.

I bought this game in the 70's, proffered it to SSG TBH, thats probably because i am kak at SSG footy, good at the cricket mind

It all seems very easy, this revolution game
But when you start to really play things won't be quite the same
Your intellectual theories on how it's going to be
Don't seem to take into account the true reality